Drop the Demopublicans Lecture Looks at the Progressive’s Unexpected Ideological Dilemma This Election

Arguing that the two-party political system in the United States
is oppressive to democracy, Dr. Raoul Contreras will speak on his belief
that it is time for progressives to Drop the Demopublicans
(Democrats and Republicans) at Indiana University
Northwest on October 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Raintree
Hall. He will specifically address what he feels is wrong with the “myth that (Ralph) Nader can’t win” the presidential election.

“The amazing rise of the Green Party, and specifically its
presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, provides progressives committed to race,
class and gender-orientated social justice, a true alternative to Albert Gore’s
Democratic Party candidacy,” says Contreras, who is an associate
professor of Latino
Studies at IU Northwest. “My focus is the potential voting for Nader
holds in cracking the oppressive anti-democratic nature of the American
two-party system.” He adds that the 2000 presidential election has
become an ideological dilemma for Progressives because many believe that, “a
vote for Nader is a vote for Bush.”

Contreras is giving the presentation as part of the Lectures in
Race and Ethnicity Series by the Minority
Studies Department IU Northwest. Sponsored by the university’s
Diversity Programming and ALMA,
the campus Latino Student Organization, Drop the Demopublicans is
open to the community free of charge. More information is available with
Dr. Contreras at 219-.980-6665.